Hugo Yimga Moukouri stood tall with 19 points and 9 boards for the winners
INSEP beats Milan 60-74 to win NextGen Belgrade Qualifier
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U18 Pole France INSEP Paris clinched a berth at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Finals with a 60-74 victory over U18 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the first-place game of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. INSEP completed a perfect weekend while handing Milan its lone defeat. After winning the Next Gen crown in 2010 and 2017, INSEP joins U18 Mega MIS Belgrade and U18 FC Barcelona as the automatic qualifiers for the NextGen Finals, which will be held from May 22 to 25 in Abu Dhabi.
Hugo Yimga Moukouri scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to lead INSEP. Noa Kouakou-Heugue posted 15 points and 9 boards and Cameron Houindo added 10 and 6 for the winners, who outrebounded Milan 49-39. Achille Lonati and Omar Karem paced the Milan attack with 13 points apiece and Diego Garavaglia tallied 12 points, 6 assists and 3 steals in defeat.
INSEP, which never trailed, jumped out to a 5-20 lead as Yimga Moukouri scored 8 in a 0-14 run. Milan closed the gap to 11-21 after 10 minutes and was within 29-37 at halftime. The INSEP defense put the clamps on in the third quarter when it held Milan to just 9 points. INSEP then pulled away to lead by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter and even a late 12-0 Milan run was not enough to threaten the final result.
